Ataura wani kuti haagute bonde

Courts are public spaces. The courts take precedence over all individuals within the courts' jurisdiction that's why you will not miss a court session when you're summoned and if the courts permit recording IN THE PUBLIC SPACES that the courts are, as long as you're an accredited journalist you're allowed to film. I hope this brief nuance will leave you with better clarity good sir/madam.

@@263times noted, with thanks but again the question is even if you're an accredited journalist, can you do the same in the magistrates courts just because its a public space - save for the Tapiwa Makore murder case. Could there be a better explanation why we only see videos in these convectional courts - which could in turn defame or otherwise serve as an embarrassment for individuals. Personally, i am only used to journalists writing articles on court proceedings which seems to be a totally different thing. My question is of a concerned citizen but if if am to go by what you said - It only means an accused/summoned person has no right to privacy.

@@ignatiousmuzvuru4287 Again you will note where I said the courts in any country have precedence over anyone within their jurisdiction. This means the particular court reserves the right of refusal to allow recording or not, thankfully you acknowledged the Tapiwa Makore (RIP) case where the High Court allowed filming because it was a PUBLIC INTEREST CASE and had to show the public that justice is being served. The reason why we don't yet show magistrates' court cases is because we are still in the process of being vetted and accredited to cover them by the Judicial Services Commission. In America you will see Judge Judy, Judge Joe Brown and others' courts being broadcast the world over, from silly cases to divorce cases to more serious ones, its because that court allowed filming to be done so as to educate the public on how courts work and how justice is being served. So you see its not perculiar to Chief's courts in Zimbabwe but is an international phenomenon. Our Chiefs' courts deserve the spotlight and to showcase the set up and function of Traditional African courts and how the system that served our ancestors operated, thereby dispelling the myths that assume we were backward and never had laws. As for the money you said is made, which seems to be the one that hurts you, well we are in business, we invest time/money/equipment and other resources, it doesn't come free so there has to be a reward.